Film: Gilsotteum

Film: Gilsotteum

Followed by discussion with Dr. Magnan-Park Aaron Han Joon, Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, University of Hong Kong

Summer 1983, the entire nation is glued to their television sets as KBS airs a special program dedicated to reuniting family members separated during the Korean War. Hwa-young, who has a prosperous and harmonious household, decides to search for her lost son. On the way to the TV station, Hwa-young begins to reminisce about the past.

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